• Amazon has launched MLB.TV on Prime Video Channels, allowing Prime members to subscribe to MLB.TV and stream regular season out-of-market baseball games live and on-demand, all from the Prime Video service.

• WWE said it would move its global headquarters to a new office complex in Stamford, Conn, where WWE is now headquartered, to “allow the company to bring together its operations, including its production studios and corporate offices at its new site.” The move is expected to take place in early 2021.

• “Inspired by the intersection of past and future,” Foot Locker is launching the Discover Your Air Network, featuring “cable network-inspired programming for the ultimate sneakerhead” filled with Nike Air Max content, news and product. People will be able to view DYA Network content on Foot Locker's Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and Snapchat channels.

•NBA2K League has unveiled the match-ups and tournaments for the second season, with $1.2M prizes Begins 4-2.

• ESPN and UFC have extended their deal, naming ESPN+ as the exclusive distributor of UFC Pay-Per-View events in the U.S. through 2025, beginning with UFC 236: Holloway vs. Poirier 2 on April 13. UFC’s alliance with ESPN, which began in January, also has been extended through 2025

• MLB and the MLB Players’ Assn. have unveiled numerous changes to the game to be installed over the next two seasons that will impact game length, marketing broadcast partners, the All-Star Game and the Home Run Derby. Full story here.

Makes sense, then, that the Spurs and H-E-B have had a successful alliance, which is still on-going, that stretches back more than a decade.

For the 12th year, H‑E‑B and Spurs Sports & Entertainment have teamed to create a multi-platform marketing campaign anchored by six humorous TV spots, this year featuring such current Spurs stars as LaMarcus Aldridge, Manu Ginobili, Danny Green, Kawhi Leonard, Patty Mills, Tony Parker, first-year Spur Pau Gasol and team mascot, The Coyote.

H-E-B has also brought in several Spurs stars from the past, including Tim Duncan, who may have retired from the NBA following the 2015-16 season but, apparently, not from H-E-B commercials, of which he is veteran of several years.

The group of Spurs legends also includes George “Ice Man” Gervin, Sean Elliott, Bruce Bowen and David Robinson, all in "Retirement Club."

H-E-B released the first three following the Spurs game against the Sacramento Kings Thursday night: “Farmer’s Market,” “Origami” and “Fluent.”

The spots, as per the tradition of this campaign, are humorous in nature, with the players often having good-natured fun at the expense of their teammates.

In "Origami," for example, the guys are in a room making origami figures. Most of them turn out nice projects — Aldridge creates a frog "with serious hops," Mills an alligator — but Leonard proves to be less than skilled in the craft. When he holds up a big white lump, the others ask, "What is that?" "A snowball," Leonard says matter-of-factly.

The spots showcase such products as H-E-B Prime 1 Beef, fresh fruit and, in "Origami," H-E-B Asian Stir Fry Kits (which are so quick that you can "use the extra time to master the ancient art of origami," as Genobili expains).

Support for spots includes Internet, social media, POP and in-arena in AT&T Center, the Spurs home venue.

The alliance between H-E-B and Spurs Sports & Entertainment "has led to community investment projects and provided Spurs fans and H-E-B customers with player appearances and fan appreciation events throughout the year," according to H-E-B.

H-E-B has 360 stores in Texas and Mexico, but gets a national marketing spotlight, not just because of the star power of the players, but because fans and consumers tend to enjoy the low-key, if not homey, attitude of the effort.

The NBA said it uses the Spurs H-E-B campaigns as an example of how other teams can feature players to promote marketing partners.

"Farmer’s Market" shows the guys in a field, each positioned behind makeshift fruit stands displaying produce available at H-E-B, from their respective native countries. Gasol has Taylor Golden pears from Spain. Aldridge has golden corn from Hondo, Texas. Leonard is displaying golden California plumcots. "They breed plums with apricots," he says when the others look at him.

Parker describes his item, but speaking in his native French. "Gateau Napoleon avec fraises de Poteet!" After drawing blank stares from his teammates, Leonard translates for Parker: "That’s Napoleon shortcake with Poteet strawberries."

"Fluent" finds Ginobili and Gasol standing at a huge grill, barbecuing an array of meat. They explain what they are grilling to Mills and Green, but, with Ginobili (from Argentina) and Gasol (from Spain), they speak in Spanish.

"You guys know we don’t speak Spanish," replies Mills, who is from Australia. But when they taste the meat, they suddenly speak the language.